How Chinese name their localities: province, county, city, town, district

Updated 2012-02-11 19:07:25

China is a country on the continent Asia, her capital is Beijing. Here is the hierarchy of the China administrative divisions: China is subdivided into provinces, that are at their turn subdivided into region cities, that are at their turn subdivided into counties, cities counties, that are at their turn subdivided into townships, that are at their turn subdivided into villages.

In China, The Names of Chinese Metropolitan Cities or strategic localities have names since centuries: LuoYang 洛阳, Ninghai 宁海, HangZhou 杭州, Liuzhou 柳州. It's regrettable that Chang An 长安, The Long Peace, capitat of six chinese dynasties be renamed as Xi'An 西安, peace at the West. This collection regroups 11 4398 names of provinces, counties, cities, towns, districts of large cities, names of streets, those of schools, comitees... Please not hesitate to launch a search...

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ID
Locality Ref.
30958
Locality
PingLin Township
French
Canton de PingLin
Chinese
Spanish
PingLin Township
Italian
PingLin Township
Portuguese
PingLin Township
Germain
PingLin Township
Pinyin
Ping2 Lin2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
PingLinXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
232
LatLng

92

ID
Locality Ref.
31427
Locality
PuXin Township
French
Canton de PuXin
Chinese
Spanish
PuXin Township
Italian
PuXin Township
Portuguese
PuXin Township
Germain
PuXin Township
Pinyin
Pu3 Xin1 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
PuXinXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
513
LatLng

93

ID
Locality Ref.
31436
Locality
PuYan Township
French
Canton de PuYan
Chinese
Spanish
PuYan Township
Italian
PuYan Township
Portuguese
PuYan Township
Germain
PuYan Township
Pinyin
Pu3 Yan2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
PuYanXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
516
LatLng

94

ID
Locality Ref.
31483
Locality
PiTou Township
French
Canton de PiTou
Chinese
Spanish
PiTou Township
Italian
PiTou Township
Portuguese
PiTou Township
Germain
PiTou Township
Pinyin
Pi2 Tou2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
PiTouXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
523
LatLng

95

ID
Locality Ref.
32196
Locality
ZhuangWei Township
French
Canton de ZhuangWei
Chinese
Spanish
ZhuangWei Township
Italian
ZhuangWei Township
Portuguese
ZhuangWei Township
Germain
ZhuangWei Township
Pinyin
Zhuang4 Wei2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
ZhuangWeiXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
263
LatLng

96

ID
Locality Ref.
32236
Locality
FuXing Township
French
Canton de FuXing
Chinese
Spanish
FuXing Township
Italian
FuXing Township
Portuguese
FuXing Township
Germain
FuXing Township
Pinyin
Fu4 Xing1 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
FuXingXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
336
LatLng

97

ID
Locality Ref.
32465
Locality
WaiPu Township
French
Canton de WaiPu
Chinese
Spanish
WaiPu Township
Italian
WaiPu Township
Portuguese
WaiPu Township
Germain
WaiPu Township
Pinyin
Wai4 Pu3 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
WaiPuXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
438
LatLng

98

ID
Locality Ref.
32609
Locality
DaCheng Township
French
Canton de DaCheng
Chinese
Spanish
DaCheng Township
Italian
DaCheng Township
Portuguese
DaCheng Township
Germain
DaCheng Township
Pinyin
Da4 Cheng2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DaChengXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
527
LatLng

99

ID
Locality Ref.
32844
Locality
DaNei Township
French
Canton de DaNei
Chinese
Spanish
DaNei Township
Italian
DaNei Township
Portuguese
DaNei Township
Germain
DaNei Township
Pinyin
Da4 Nei4 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DaNeiXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
742
LatLng

100

ID
Locality Ref.
32918
Locality
DaTong Township
French
Canton de DaTong
Chinese
Spanish
DaTong Township
Italian
DaTong Township
Portuguese
DaTong Township
Germain
DaTong Township
Pinyin
Da4 Tong2 Xiang1
PinyinPlain
DaTongXiang
Zipcode
886
Phone Prefix
267
LatLng

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